Spawning migrations in the monogamous butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifasciatus

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-182

  Yabuta, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaetodontidae; Coral reef fish; Mating system; Semi lunar spawning; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON TRIFASCIATUS; CHAETODONTIDAE; PANTODONTIDAE;

EID: 0031586941     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678695     Document Type: Article

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